An extraordinary collection of 69 publications by Herschel, bound for his son. They include offprints of his most important publications on photography, astronomy, mathematics, and electricity and magnetism, and light, many with authorial annotations, as well as the corrected page proofs of an article on the theory of probability which was read by James Clerk Maxwell and led him to lay the foundations of statistical mechanics.
[1813-1850]. An extraordinary collection of works by Sir John Herschel (1792-1871), the outstanding astronomer and physical scientist of his day, assembled for presentation to his son William James Herschel (not to be confused with John’s father, the astronomer Frederick William). The collection includes offprints of Herschel’s three most important publications..... More
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